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The Maritime Safety Committee

 LR Note: This document is valid for vessels and units constructed on or after 1 July 1994 but before 9 June 2017. Please see MSC.1/Circular.1580 for vessels and units constructed on or after 9 June 2017

1 The Maritime Safety Committee at its sixty-third session (16 to 25 May 1994), approved the Guidelines for Vessels with Dynamic Positioning Systems, set out at annex to the present circular, as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment at its thirty-seventh session.

  2 Member Governments are invited to bring the Guidelines to the attention of all bodies concerned, and apply the Guidelines to new vessels with dynamic positioning systems constructed on or after 1 July 1994, in conjunction with implementation of the provisions of paragraph 4.12 of the 1989 MODU Code as amended by resolution MSC.38(63).

  3 Member Governments are also invited to use the proposed model form of flag State verification and acceptance document set out in the appendix to the Guidelines.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.645 – Guidelines for Vessels with Dynamic Positioning Systems – (Adopted on 6 June 1994)
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